Button-fastener.



H. G. c. HRNING.

BUTTON FASTBNBR. v

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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WTNESSES ATTORNEYS HERMANN cr. c. HRNING, on New YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led .Tanuary 23, 1909.

Serial No. 473,868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN Gr. C. HRN- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedButton-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to button fasteners, such as shown and describedin the Letters Patent of the United States, No. 687,028, granted to meNovember 19, 1901.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedbutton fastener, for conveniently and quickly fastening a button inplace on a garment by the use of a pin engaging and holding the buttonand adapted t0 be passed through the cloth of the garment, the pinengaging a retaining device on the back of the garment and pref erablyformed of a plate having a head and neck for engagement by the U-shapedend of the pin to fasten the pin and plate together.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pin; Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the retaining device; Fig. 3 1s a cross section of the pin engagingan apertured button and passed through the cloth of the garment; Fig. 4is a cross section of the improvement as applied, to hold an aperturedbutton in place on the cloth of a garment, the section being on the line4 4 of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 is a sectional front view of the improvement onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a rear face view of theimprovement as applied.

The button fastener consists of a pin A and a retaining device B, ofwhich the pin A is made of spring wire, bent into a U- shaped end A,from which extend integrally and approximately at right angles parallelShanks A2. The shanks A2 and the side members of the end A are adaptedto be passed through the holes in the button C, and the said shanks A2and the rear portions of the side members of the end A are adapted topass through the cloth D of the garment on which the button C is to befastened by the button fastener, as indicated in Figs. 3, 4 and 6.

The retaining device B is in the form of a doubled-up plate, having thefront plate member B and the rear plate member B2, the front platemember B being provided at its top with a head B3 and a neck B4, adaptedto be engaged by the side members of the end A of the pin A, so as tohold the retaining device B in position on the pin A. The shanks A2 ofthe pin A are adapted to pass between the members B and B2 of thedoubled up plate, so as to hold the said Shanks in place and to concealthe same. The members Bl and B2 are sufliciently spaced apart toaccommodate the Shanks A2, and in order to hold the usaid members spacedapart a desired distance, the sides of the rear member B2 are providedwith inwardly-extending flanges B5 abutting against the front member B,as plainly indicated in Figs. 2, 4 and 6.

In using the device, the button C is engaged with the end A of the pinA, as previously explained, and then the pin is passed through the clothD of the garment and the fastener B is pushed up in position, so thatthe shanks A2 pass into the spiace between the front and rear members Band B2, and the head B3 nally engages the side members of the end A ofthe pin A and temporarily springs the same apart, to allow the head B3to pass up past the side members of the end A, and then when the neckBA1 is opposite the side members of the end A, then the side members bytheir own resiliency spring back into position and in firm contact withthe neck B4, to securely hold the retaining device B in position on thepin A, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

The butt-on fastener shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction, can be cheaply manufactured, and conveniently engaged withthe button and the cloth, to securely hold the button in position on thegarment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A button fastener, comprising a pin having a U-shaped end adapted forengagement with a button, and shanks extending integrally and at anangle from the said end, and a retaining plate having a head and neckadapted to be passed between the members of the U-shaped end of thel pinand engaged thereby.

2. A button fastener, comprising a pin having a U-shaped end adapted forengagement with a button and Shanks extending Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

integrally and at an angle :from the said end, and a retaining devicefor the said pin in the form of a doubled-up plate, one of the platemembers having a head and neck to be passed between the members of thepin and engaged thereby and the members of the plate being spaced apartt0 receive and conceal the said pin shanks between them.

3. A button fastener, comprising a pin having a U-shaped Vend adaptedfor engagement with a button and shanks extending integrally and at anangle from the said end, and a retaining device for the said pin in theform of a doubled-up plate, one of the plate members having a head andneck to be passed between the members of the pin and engaged thereby andthe members of the plate being spaced apart to receive and Iconceal thesaid pin Shanks between them,

name to thisspecificat-ion in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.Y

HERMANN G. C. HRNING.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, JOHN P. DAvrs.

